pulverize

v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.

v.tr.

1. To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. To demolish.

v.intr.
To be ground or reduced to powder or dust.

[Middle English pulverizen, from Late Latin pulverizāre, from Latin pulvis, pulver-, dust.]

pulverizable pul'ver·iz'a·ble adj.
pulverization pul'ver·i·za'tion (-vər-ĭ-zā'shən) n.
pulverizer pul'ver·iz'er n.

To reduce to powder or dust, usually by crushing, pounding or grinding.

verb

1. To break up into tiny particles: bray, crush, granulate, grind, mill, powder, triturate. See help/harm/harmless.
2. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible: demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, level, pull down, raze, tear down, wreck. Aerospace destruct. See help/harm/harmless.

v

Definition: destroy
Antonyms: build, construct, create

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In dentistry, high-speed burs may be used to remove root fragments that cannot be extracted or are ankylosed.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - pulverisere, forstøve
v. intr. - pulveriseres, forstøves

Nederlands (Dutch)
verpulveren, in elkaar slaan, fijnstampen

Français (French)
v. tr. - pulvériser
v. intr. - se pulvériser

Deutsch (German)
v. - pulverisieren, abservieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κονιορτοποιώ, συντρίβω, εκμηδενίζω, εξαερώνομαι, ψεκάζομαι

Italiano (Italian)
polverizzare, vaporizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pulverizar

Русский (Russian)
распылять, размельчать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - pulverizar, hacer polvo
v. intr. - pulverizar, hacer polvo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - pulvrisera, smula sönder, krossa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
磨成粉, 粉碎, 变成粉

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 磨成粉, 粉碎
v. intr. - 變成粉

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 가루로 만들다
v. intr. - 가루가 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 微粉状にする, 粉砕する, 微粉になる, 粉になる, 粉末にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحول الى تراب, يسحق, يطحن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮כתש, שחק, ניפץ, הרס, חבט, טחן, הביס‬
v. intr. - ‮נשחק‬

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